Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-01-13

,.,,er bafore 30 overwhelming never WAS
restoration swiiter. The soldier stepped
from the trenches into the iurrow, h"rs's
that had charged Federal guns. marched
hsfor, the piow and fields that ran red
with human blood in April were green WIN
the harvest in June: women reared III iuN-
ury cut up their dresses and made breceh's
for their husbands. and with pa''ehcean"
hernis,u that fits woman always as gar
ment gave their hands to work There
w,s littlc bitterness in all this. Cheerful
ness and sarnkness prevailed. 'Biii Arp
struck the key note when he sad; Wen:
| killed AS many of them ~ they si'd o'
M, and now am going towork. li.an:h-
ter and applausel- l--or the soldier returning
home after defeat and roasting some corn
ON the roadside. who made the remark 10
his comrades: You may leave the Sou'h'
/ If Won want to but am going to sander.
| Vile kiss my wife and raise n crop, ana y
| the Yaulees fool with me any more l WI.
wbin 'em again." Renewed laughter.1 l.
want to say tn Gen. Sherman--wno rs
ronsiisrcd an able IAN 'n our parts,
! r,r,le.s man about iirc-that from the
ash,s left Ms in 1864 we have raised a brave
and beautiful city: that somehow or other
we have caught the sunsfine m the prrks
and mortar oi our homes aud have nuiidcu
therein not one sin sie ignooie p'ei""e0 VI
memory. [Applanse.l -, ~
But what is the sum of our work. we
have found out that in the general isuinmlng
NJ the free negro counts more thah ne I'll"
as a slave. We have planted the school
house ON the hilltop and made u iree 'o
white and black. We have sowed towns
: and cities in the place oi theories and put
business above politics. lAppia"se. We
have challenged your spinners III Massa-
r chusetts and your iron niakers ,h Irh"-
! | sylvauia We have learned that the Sto",--
, 600 600 annually received for our cotton
, cr,,p will make us rich VIXEN the snpphes
that make il are home-raised. We have
/ reduced the commercial rate oi in.ercs.
, from 2i to per cent, ana are noa'i"s
. p.r cent bonds We have learned thai one
!, Northern immigrant is worth fifty foreign
. err, and have sinoothcd the path to the
q south. wiped out the place where Mason
and Dixons line used t. he, ami hung our
n latch trings out tn you ami yours. liro-
4 lnnged applause. We have reached ihe
i, noint that marks perfect harmony IN every
r household, when the husband c"n'ers'S
:. that the pirs which his own wife cooks are.
:. as good Ms his own mother used 10 oake'
Il and admit that the sun sh'neS a.
"a brightly aud the moon ~ softly as ~ di'i
70 .,eforc the war" Laushter.l We have
: established thrift in city and country.
m We have fallen in love with work. We
h have restored comfort to homes from
"a which culture an,' "iestu'1 'i.Vef aei';'f'ru
- We have let economy take root ana
:, snrcad anon. us rank as the crab grass
v which spranr from Shermans cavalry
nj camps until are ready To Iay odhs
ly ON the Georsa Yankee as he slueezes pure
III olive oil out Of his cotton seed asaihs, any
,e Down Ea ster that ever swappcd wooden
| nut negs for flannel sausagcs in the valleys
an of Vermont Above all, we know that we
ly have achieved in these piping times Oh
Id peace" a fuller Independence Tor the south
Id than that which our fathers sought To win
se in the forum by their eloquence or compel
on the field by their swords. lApp'a"-s' J
he The new South is cnamoured of her ne,
ed work Her soul is stirred with the breath
) of q now life. The light of n grander day IL
he Il, Hin. fair her face she 's thrii'ing, s'r'
-ly with the consciousness 81 growing p"we,
he and pros.lperity. As she stands full-siatteb
,r and raual among the people of the earth,
Of BREATHING the keen rand looking out upon
mt an expanding horizon, she understands
nj that her emancipation came because IN the
iuscrutabe wisdom of God her honest pur-
: "A unsp was crossed and her brave armies
all were benten (Appltuse.l This is said IN
as no spirit of time-serNing ana apology. !
ry should bc unjust Ia the south II d'd not
his make this plain in this presence lhs
an south has nothing To take h,ck: nothing
rhe far which she has excuses to make. In my
till native town of Athens is "a monument thtl
md crowns its central hills "a PLAIN ~liteshai''
st. pp.p cut into it's shining sides * !, mann
ost dear to me above the names of men, tht'
md of brave and simple nan WI" ",," ~
md brave and simple faith. Not Tor all IN
of .,iorics of New England from Plymouth
ION Rock. all the way would exchange the her
,nd itage he left me in his pittrnts : dfa'h. L,
free III, foot Of that shaft ! shall Srnd my Gnu
of dren's children to reverence MN VINO en-
s..1 nobleJ their name with his heroic blood
low But sir Speaking from the shadow oi ti't'
ion memory. which | honor as ! do n"ti'ini
4 of else on earth, say that the cause ~ "iiei
heir he suffered aud for "mch ne ~ ~ ~.
,ry. was adiu,l.cd by higher and fuller wisdom
ical than his or mine. aud ! ain glad that tii
died. ,uni,>,ient iiod held the 'olanee % battl
tile in His Almighty hand aud thnt the Amer
Re- can Union was saved iroh tae "ttsh
long war. Loud appfau-".l
, of This message Mr.. President. comes {
lnut won from consrrratei ground. Every To-
and III the soil about the city in which hte
Is oi sacred rs u battle-ground ni th- r''buhll'
lie Every hill that invests u }. hi,ii"""a I
han Won bv the blood Of Your brothers VII
ire Iic, fnr your victory aud doabiy h.iii,we
nrn, =, ms lv the blow of those who died hop
Iliua less l,rt undauut ~ aet'at --4lerei -
ming to II nf ~ ricii with memories that ma
/ sn rs purrr and stronger and brtter-silel
that but -tanrh witness ~ IT. rirh u.soi','"h
ned the fnatrhlrss, valur of American hear'
,,,..- and tb, drathles. Glory of American arms
.rty sf,atl.iu. and rlu4ueut witness in its v ~,
as, e.lte aud prosperity I" the indissrluab
NOR 'uion ui American states and the lnlpe
,nds hahIa brotherhood uf the Alnrri,an pc
Hfr plc Immense cheering
The What answer has New Finland to tn
cams me-sa.-? VIII -" permit tne prejudice
vnur war 70 rrnain Va the h.tstH of the 80
;,g uu,rors when il has died in the hearts
vntl the ernuuurrcd2 Viii she transmit IT. prel
Kew die, to the nest gener' zion. that Ia hear
lin. which never felt the generous artlor
nv conflict il may p,rpctuai' ii-elf2 VIII =
oulr + Withhold. save in straucd courtesy, |
,t..t hand which strlisht from his spliie
,ndi- hrari Grant offered 10 lie Is. .Epponi
,;t., tox? VIII ~le make th- vision al
hi, restored and happN people winch gtth'r
mi h. above the tourh al your dtin. tapta
t-ore filling his nrart with I+acc. touching
nd.d lips witt praise. ard clarifying H.. l.tL
t,.-ti the gr.,le-Ni,i she make this vision
and which Fhe last ,i.h oi his sAPt'Has
An brenthad Il beu,Iitiior. cf cheat or d'
,, a.. -l,u9 Ii she does. the South, never ahl'
en- I'm asking for tourIdo -hip, must arfe
,,,,lt with dignity IT, refusal. But II she d'
auu not refuse to accept IN iraukuc~. aud :
md errity thi- ne-ssI-, ni good sill aud frci
d fnt shin then VIII the prophecy al Neh-
.. ,,I,l delivered - tlt- Very ffF ttrth At
. Al. ago. amid tremendous arillu--. h' 81
iui,r- n.l in it- fullest ;uh aual s--.i-f. "i.+n
/, Won said: "-tuudtu- band &" .G,iii with et''
n an ine hands We should remain unite'i a.
gnI haN, lrrn for si>tN years riti1,r- 81
,ti,. L. same rpnutfe. rlruhcrS u tic Sttl-r O.
. the rrnm-ut united. all united nov and uni
finds iarrv.r." There haNr hetn di.iicut-l
.at,.l .untruiion,. and controversies, hnt !
l,qrt,. yuu thi,i in r. Judgment